Bitcoin now has 32% adoption among major global banks, according to an index published by Strategy. Michael Saylor, founder of the first BTC reserve company, considers this breakthrough promising but still premature. Is the market on the verge of a banking shift?
The economic monopoly of the West now hangs by a thread, and it is no longer marginal theorists who say this, but the very architects of global finance. Twenty-five years after theorizing the emergence of the economic powers of the South, Lord Jim O’Neill presents an uncompromising assessment of the G7's inability to adapt to the new global landscape. As the international financial network fragments under the weight of sanctions and geopolitical tensions, this reassessment sounds like a major warning for the supremacy of the US dollar.
Aave DAO proposes an App that promises to disrupt crypto with fiat, self-custody and lending all in one place. Does Binance have reason to worry? Between innovation and regulation, this breakthrough could redefine the rules of the game.
Decentralized prediction markets are experiencing a meteoric rise, to the point of becoming true barometers of market expectations. However, this growth hides a major flaw. A university study reveals that sophisticated actors manage to manipulate certain very short-term contracts to influence the price of the leading crypto. These findings highlight the limits of a booming sector, even as prediction platforms attract the attention of regulators and establish themselves as a new battleground between financial innovation and state oversight.
The blockchain application ecosystem is evolving rapidly, and network priorities change at the pace of usage. Several players are now reassessing their strategic choices to meet user expectations. In this context, crypto takes a new turn with statements from Jesse Pollak, creator of Base. He publicly acknowledges that the platform took a wrong direction by favoring social experiences. He now believes that this choice caused a loss of valuable time in the face of the rise of prediction markets and perpetual contracts.
Cryptos are no longer just a playground for speculation. For Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, the market is entering a new phase driven by tokenization, better risk management, and more rigorous project selection. Interviewed on CNBC on July 15, 2026, the leader of the world’s largest asset manager delivered a comprehensive vision beyond bitcoin. At a time when investors seek more stability than promises, his statements illustrate the accelerated convergence between traditional finance and the crypto ecosystem.
Tokenization has just reached a major milestone on Wall Street. More than 30 financial players participated in the DTCC test, which moved securities held in its central depository to blockchain networks. This is no longer a showcase demonstration. It is a market trial, involving banks, exchanges, asset managers, and crypto infrastructures.
The US Senate has just sent a harsh message in the FTX case: Sam Bankman-Fried should not receive any presidential pardon. This resolution does not legally block the power of the president. But it further isolates the former king of crypto, already sentenced to 25 years in prison for one of the largest financial frauds in American history.
OpenAI presented on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, an automated red-teaming tool named GPT-Red, tasked with strengthening GPT-5.6's resistance to prompt injection attacks. The concept starts from a simple observation: human intrusion testing methods no longer keep pace with the models' capabilities. The challenge is now growing, as these vulnerabilities directly affect the security of autonomous agents.
Cards or stablecoins? Visa answers: both, according to a report with Artemis on the future of AI-driven crypto payments.